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"THE DISENCHANTED MAN
Average man disinterested in voting
Infinite attention expected of a limited person
None embody the ideal of sovereign and omnicompetent citizen
THE UNATTAINABLE IDEAL
Ideas on producing the perfect citizen
- Eugenics
- Education: Too many specifics, morality ineffective w/o facts
Fable of prof. and tree
- Populists and Socialists beg the question
The competent voter is a false ideal." — Mar 17, 2025 11:03AM
"THE DISENCHANTED MAN
Average man disinterested in voting
Infinite attention expected of a limited person
None embody the ideal of sovereign and omnicompetent citizen
THE UNATTAINABLE IDEAL
Ideas on producing the perfect citizen
- Eugenics
- Education: Too many specifics, morality ineffective w/o facts
Fable of prof. and tree
- Populists and Socialists beg the question
The competent voter is a false ideal." — Mar 17, 2025 11:03AM
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"1985.07.19: Gordievsky's trip to agreed rendezvous point in Leningrad.
Met riot cops at train station due to major international youth festival, which meant Finnish border busier than usual.
1985.07.20: Arrives in Leningrad
Stops at Viborg cafe
Picked up by 2 british women, put in trunk in space blanket to block IR. Agents distracted dogs at border.
Sibelius - Finlandia
Only time a KGB double agent was smuggled out" — Apr 05, 2025 05:11AM
"1985.07.19: Gordievsky's trip to agreed rendezvous point in Leningrad.
Met riot cops at train station due to major international youth festival, which meant Finnish border busier than usual.
1985.07.20: Arrives in Leningrad
Stops at Viborg cafe
Picked up by 2 british women, put in trunk in space blanket to block IR. Agents distracted dogs at border.
Sibelius - Finlandia
Only time a KGB double agent was smuggled out" — Apr 05, 2025 05:11AM
“Power changes its appearance but not its reality.”
― ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth
― ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth
“We needâ€� is always code for ‘I want.”
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“Emergenciesâ€� have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have eroded.”
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“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
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